books.google.com - The image of the hard-boiled private investigator from gritty pulp fiction, a terse and mysterious figure, has become increasingly universal as the detective novel crosses more and more borders. A booming genre in Latin America, Spain and other Hispanic cultures, detective fiction has transcended...https://books.google.com/books/about/Hispanic_and_Luso_Brazilian_Detective_Fi.html?id=lMXBQJwyNRgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareHispanic and Luso-Brazilian Detective Fiction